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Curtis channels Ol’ Blue Eyes

The timeless cool of Frank Sinatra met the robust swing of the Count Basie Orchestra on the classic album, ‘Sinatra at the Sands’ and it has remained a beloved classic ever since, the perfect marriage of old-school pop and big band jazz.

Amy Macdonald: I want to write songs that mean something

Billy Bragg’s American obsession

Like many a British musician before him, Billy Bragg, bard of Barking, singer songwriter, political activist, and musical historian has made no secret of his obsession with the songs and the mythology of the Americas, not least those of his artistic and philosophical forebear Woody Guthrie. With his friend and collaborator, US singer songwriter Joe Henry, he has made an album that focuses on the transformative part the railroad played in disseminating the songs that gave birth to the rock’n’roll era.

Canadian rocker Bryan Adams to play one-off Scottish show in Montrose

A magical evening of Madness for Montrose Review reporter!

Grandslam Madness is billed as a tour of outside venues; mini festivals with all the fun of the fair. Montrose on Sunday night (July 5) was the only Scottish date of 20 across the UK. This was not a revival tour, and there was nothing ironic about the fans that came to worship.

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Kurt Elling swings Sinatra in nationwide tour

The spring of 2015 is set to burst into wonderful life as the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and their very special guest Kurt Elling celebrate the birth centenary of a truly household name in popular music, Frank Sinatra.